Benedict Arnold


Benedict Arnold captured Fort Ticonderoga with the help of General Montgomery and took all of the artillery from Fort Ticonderoga, which was mainly cannons.

Benedict Arnold began his march to Quebec with 1,100 men. Half of the men got sick our they starved to death. They walked threw rapids, swamps, and numbing cold. The whole trip took a total of 350 miles, the march and it took six weeks.

Arnold traveled to Europe, buying supplies for his own apothecary which he established in New Haven.

On Benedict Arnold's march to Quebec Benedict Arnold had some of the best solders and officers in the army as big as Captain Daniel Morgan on the 350 mile journey to Quebec.

Arnold and his troops had to take a boat with supplies with them on some parts of their trip. The boats were made of green wood; it was built so quickly that it leaked and broke to pieces.

On November 13, the little army climbed the heights of Abraham. As Arnold wanted to storm the city, and the enemy would not come out to fight, he was commanded to await the arrival of Montgomery, who had just taken Montreal.

In the great assault of December 31 Arnold received a wound in the leg. For his bravery he was now promoted to a brigadier-general. He kept waiting at for the British to surrender at Quebec until the following April, when Wooster arrived and took command. Arnold was put in command of Montreal.

Benedict Arnold was an American Revolutionary general and one of the most famous American traitors in the the Revolutionary War. At the age of fourteen, Arnold ran away twice to serve in the colonial militia during the French and Indian War (1754-63).

When Arnold was promoted to Major General in February 1777, named Commander in Philadelphia he was accused of doing more authority than he had.

Arnold's bitterness along with a need for money to pay off heavy debts which led him to negotiate with the British. He formed a plan to betray West Point, an area that he commanded. Arnold's attempt to betray was discovered when a British General was caught with the plans. Arnold escaped the enemy lines and later became a Brigadier General in the British army.

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